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Potential ExcellerateHRO Suitors: Who’s Suited?

hjneale wrote 9 hours ago: In just the few short weeks since Hewlett-Packard repurchased all of Towers Perrin’s shares in Excel … more →

Tags: Benefits Administration, benefits administration outsourcing, health and welfare administration, HR Outsourcing, hr outsourcing research, HRO, hro research, outsourcing research, ACS

Four large companies with open final salary schemes

Calvin wrote 11 hours ago: Following the recent announcements of various types of pension scheme closures by BP, Barclays and o … more →

Tags: Defined Benefit, Pension Schemes

Anti-forestalling limit will rise to £30,000 - IFAonline

markbugden wrote 13 hours ago: The Government is to relax it’s pension anti-forestalling rules, more details in the attached … more →

Tags: Anti-forestalling limit, LinkedIn

First impressions?

PensionsGuru wrote 3 days ago: Hi fellow bloggers, Please be gentle with me – it’s my first blog!   I’m sitting i … more →

Tags: pension advice, pension drawdown

Statutory Instruments for Human Resources

western4uk wrote 3 days ago: SI 2009 No. 1567. Terms And Conditions Of Employment. The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2009 … more →

Tags: Human Resources, legislation, statutory instruments, Employment, European Working Time Directive

Call for ideas11 comments

Aaron Wherry wrote 4 days ago: Bruce Anderson wonders if a massive health care crisis might change the current leadership paradigm. … more →

Tags: Beyond the Commons, Capital Read, Bruce Anderson, Health Care

What to do next: how shall we make Gordon Brown's socialism unacceptable and dangerous to espouse, and who shall we sue?12 comments

David Davis wrote 4 days ago: ….and why, when I am editing this and other pieces online in realtime, do I keep on deleting g … more →

Tags: Liberty, gordon brown, Money, Nazis, scumbags, Socialism

It does not matter who you know!

markbugden wrote 4 days ago: Even the Church of England (CofE) pension scheme has revealed a pension deficit in its Funded Clergy … more →

Pensions Actuaries Need to Retrain to Survive

gaaps wrote 5 days ago: Dr Geraldine Kaye discusses why she believes that pensions actuaries must retrain to survive. … more →

Tags: Events, Actuarial, Actuaries, Actuary, careers, Conference, CPD, DB, Education

Do trustees have a role in defending final salary schemes?

Calvin wrote 5 days ago: TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber used his speech to yesterday’s TUC annual pension trustee … more →

Tags: Defined Benefit, Pension Schemes, Trustees

Statutory Instruments for Human Resources

western4uk wrote 5 days ago: SI 2009 No. 1552. Pensions. The Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 … more →

Tags: legislation, Human Resources, statutory instruments

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

exitwithprofits wrote 6 days ago: I was confronted yesterday by an all too common scenario: two with-profits policies, both held with … more →

Tags: Bonds, Bonus Prospects, Endowments, Review of Current Plan

Scottish Widows pension survey

Calvin wrote 6 days ago: Pensions and investment provider Scottish Widows has produced a report on pensions saving which cont … more →

Tags: Pensions industry

The Future of the Pensions Actuary

gaaps wrote 6 days ago: Dr Geraldine Kaye presents a workshop on “The Future of the Pensions Actuary” at the 2009 pensions c … more →

Tags: Trends, Events, insights, Actuary, Actuarial, Recruitment, Actuaries, Career, Conference

Statutory Instruments for Human Resources

western4uk wrote 6 days ago: SI 2009 No. 1565 (C.80) Pensions. The Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Material Detriment Test … more →

Tags: legislation, Human Resources, Statutory Instuments

June meeting: Understanding Pensions

newtonreference wrote 1 week ago: On June 17 our speaker was Ellen A. Bruce, JD, Director of the Pension Action Center, Gerontology In … more →

Tags: 401(k)s, Events, retirement planning

On July 4th 2009 The Nation Needs A Reality Check

pittsburghflashfictiongazette wrote 1 week ago: This Saturday Americans celebrate the birth of the United States.  Life in these United States will … more →

Tags: Commentaries, writing, Writers, Bloggers, Unemployment, Gazette, Life, Americans, united states

Recent Health Related Statutory Instruments

western4uk wrote 1 week ago: SI 2009 No. 1548 Children And Young Persons, England And Wales Protection Of Vulnerable Adults, Eng … more →

Tags: legislation, Human Resources, statutory instruments, Children, Adults, vulnerable people, Incapacity Benefit, Driving, Social Security

5 questions to ask about pensions

Jo Jordan wrote 1 week ago: How’s your pension scheme?  Do you even know? I just read a post about the closing of “d … more →

Tags: British employment, Defined Benefit, Employee Benefits, Final Salary, Old Age, UK economy